New York State Assembly petitions, correspondence, and reports relating to forfeited estates
Series Number
A1816
Summary
Assembly committees approved transactions relating to land confiscated from loyalists or suspected loyalists. Records in this series document these committees' approval of sales of confiscated land, consideration of requests to restore land to original owners, review of creditors' claims for payment, and consideration of various compensation requests.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Access Restrictions
These records suffered minor burn damage in the State Capitol fire of 1911. Microfilm copy of series should be consulted initially and original records used under supervision if necessary.